Joanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jo-AN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #493 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #306 for girls
Joanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for girls in the UK (90 babies) and 306th for girls in the US (997 babies).
What does Joanna mean?
Hebrew: Latin feminine of John
“God is gracious”
In Luke's Gospel, Joanna is one of the women who find Jesus's tomb empty.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Joanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Joanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the UK and 997 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #493among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were named Joanna, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 489th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 433 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 514th in England and Wales, 359th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#90), 1974 (#39), 1984 (#34) and 1994 (#97).
Joanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #493 |
| 2024 | 93 | #482 |
| 2023 | 83 | #522 |
| 2022 | 74 | #578 |
| 2021 | 73 | #590 |
| 2020 | 90 | #489 |
| 2019 | 114 | #414 |
| 2018 | 128 | #387 |
| 2017 | 109 | #451 |
| 2016 | 135 | #377 |
| 2015 | 128 | #393 |
| 2014 | 145 | #348 |
| 2013 | 109 | #429 |
| 2012 | 141 | #377 |
| 2011 | 148 | #356 |
| 2010 | 140 | #363 |
| 2009 | 153 | #330 |
| 2008 | 136 | #366 |
| 2007 | 133 | #362 |
| 2006 | 139 | #346 |
| 2005 | 127 | #348 |
| 2004 | 137 | #325 |
| 2003 | 152 | #297 |
| 2002 | 180 | #252 |
| 2001 | 206 | #224 |
| 2000 | 251 | #193 |
| 1999 | 278 | #181 |
| 1998 | 324 | #161 |
| 1997 | 388 | #140 |
| 1996 | 433 | #115 |
How popular is Joanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #306among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 997about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 997 girls in the US were named Joanna, making it the 306th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 256th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 3,332 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 997 | #306 |
| 2024 | 945 | #329 |
| 2023 | 918 | #339 |
| 2022 | 1,002 | #321 |
| 2021 | 1,101 | #290 |
| 2020 | 1,176 | #256 |
| 2019 | 1,281 | #254 |
| 2018 | 1,454 | #213 |
| 2017 | 1,352 | #234 |
| 2016 | 1,274 | #247 |
| 2015 | 1,065 | #305 |
| 2014 | 1,022 | #324 |
| 2013 | 945 | #342 |
| 2012 | 974 | #323 |
| 2011 | 976 | #323 |
| 2010 | 1,066 | #305 |
| 2009 | 1,106 | #301 |
| 2008 | 1,194 | #283 |
| 2007 | 1,392 | #252 |
| 2006 | 1,289 | #256 |
| 2005 | 1,167 | #284 |
| 2004 | 1,280 | #251 |
| 2003 | 1,303 | #251 |
| 2002 | 1,335 | #239 |
| 2001 | 1,555 | #206 |
| 2000 | 1,349 | #238 |
| 1999 | 1,327 | #237 |
| 1998 | 1,281 | #240 |
| 1997 | 1,409 | #208 |
| 1996 | 1,405 | #209 |
| 1995 | 1,597 | #185 |
| 1994 | 1,624 | #183 |
| 1993 | 1,638 | #177 |
| 1992 | 1,825 | #167 |
| 1991 | 1,951 | #152 |
| 1990 | 2,230 | #138 |
| 1989 | 2,116 | #142 |
| 1988 | 2,206 | #131 |
| 1987 | 2,056 | #133 |
| 1986 | 2,227 | #126 |
| 1985 | 2,772 | #99 |
| 1984 | 3,332 | #88 |
| 1983 | 2,120 | #139 |
| 1982 | 1,834 | #161 |
| 1981 | 1,828 | #154 |
| 1980 | 1,725 | #163 |
| 1979 | 1,388 | #193 |
| 1978 | 1,349 | #190 |
| 1977 | 1,565 | #173 |
| 1976 | 1,718 | #152 |
| 1975 | 1,699 | #158 |
| 1974 | 1,772 | #155 |
| 1973 | 1,664 | #166 |
| 1972 | 1,423 | #198 |
| 1971 | 1,372 | #222 |
| 1970 | 1,331 | #236 |
| 1969 | 1,217 | #244 |
| 1968 | 1,036 | #261 |
| 1967 | 859 | #292 |
| 1966 | 890 | #284 |
| 1965 | 910 | #293 |
| 1964 | 877 | #315 |
| 1963 | 888 | #313 |
| 1962 | 834 | #324 |
| 1961 | 865 | #321 |
| 1960 | 820 | #329 |
| 1959 | 755 | #348 |
| 1958 | 665 | #358 |
| 1957 | 582 | #375 |
| 1956 | 482 | #412 |
| 1955 | 455 | #413 |
| 1954 | 471 | #399 |
| 1953 | 411 | #429 |
| 1952 | 407 | #422 |
| 1951 | 445 | #387 |
| 1950 | 478 | #361 |
| 1949 | 463 | #366 |
| 1948 | 515 | #342 |
| 1947 | 509 | #356 |
| 1946 | 498 | #332 |
| 1945 | 426 | #333 |
| 1944 | 453 | #317 |
| 1943 | 514 | #307 |
| 1942 | 502 | #308 |
| 1941 | 417 | #321 |
| 1940 | 412 | #314 |
| 1939 | 390 | #313 |
| 1938 | 427 | #304 |
| 1937 | 438 | #297 |
| 1936 | 361 | #324 |
| 1935 | 424 | #293 |
| 1934 | 480 | #281 |
| 1933 | 367 | #327 |
| 1932 | 337 | #345 |
| 1931 | 331 | #350 |
| 1930 | 359 | #351 |
| 1929 | 273 | #401 |
| 1928 | 285 | #397 |
| 1927 | 239 | #449 |
| 1926 | 281 | #406 |
| 1925 | 236 | #452 |
| 1924 | 208 | #483 |
| 1923 | 199 | #491 |
| 1922 | 185 | #513 |
| 1921 | 160 | #566 |
| 1920 | 167 | #553 |
| 1919 | 165 | #532 |
| 1918 | 180 | #510 |
| 1917 | 170 | #507 |
| 1916 | 168 | #499 |
| 1915 | 147 | #513 |
| 1914 | 81 | #642 |
| 1913 | 94 | #525 |
| 1912 | 73 | #563 |
| 1911 | 59 | #548 |
| 1910 | 49 | #593 |
| 1909 | 48 | #552 |
| 1908 | 54 | #493 |
| 1907 | 32 | #666 |
| 1906 | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 41 | #536 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 |
| 1903 | 45 | #478 |
| 1902 | 26 | #648 |
| 1901 | 31 | #547 |
| 1900 | 37 | #567 |
| 1899 | 40 | #461 |
| 1898 | 42 | #475 |
| 1897 | 50 | #414 |
| 1896 | 37 | #478 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 44 | #418 |
| 1893 | 36 | #439 |
| 1892 | 42 | #409 |
| 1891 | 36 | #413 |
| 1890 | 33 | #446 |
| 1889 | 27 | #475 |
| 1888 | 37 | #403 |
| 1887 | 32 | #378 |
| 1886 | 35 | #360 |
| 1885 | 40 | #321 |
| 1884 | 24 | #409 |
| 1883 | 33 | #306 |
| 1882 | 15 | #475 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 26 | #309 |
Nicknames for Joanna
Names like Joanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Joanna
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joanna, updated 20 October 2026.